282 THE GARDEN MAGAZINE JUNE, 1916 
Each of a Myriad Aphids Is Sucking the Life Juice 
from Your Plants— Destroy Them 
by Spraying with “Black Leaf 40” 
Of the countless insects which attack plant life there are two distinct 
classes—the ‘“‘chewing” kind and the “sucking” kind. The “chewing” 
insects, such as beetles and caterpillars, can be destroyed by spraying 
the foliage with a stomach poison, like Arsenate of Lead which kills 
when it is eaten. But the “sucking”? insects—aphids (plant lice) 
thrips and leaf-hoppers—feed by inserting their sharp, slender 
beaks into the interior of the leaf, blossom or stem. They can- 
not eat plant tissue, and therefore, cannot eat poisons. The only way that they 
can be destroyed is by a preparation which kills when it comes into contact 
with their bodies; in other words, by a ‘‘contact’’ insecticide. The most 
effective contact insecticides, from the standpoint of killmg power and 
safety to foliage, are nicotine solutions. 
Special The 
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your sean, is a standard, widely-used solution of nicotine sulphate, and the 
fo send yor, as Uney guaranteed by the manufacturers to contain 40% of ONE OUNCE 
are published, complete nicotine by weight. For many years it has been recog- BOTTLE 
nized as a most serviceable contact insecticide and Price of the com- $2 
has received unqualified endorsements from nursery- bination, commie 
men, seedsmen, florists and experienced gardeners. 
Aphis highly magnified ( Original) 
bulletins on the use 
of “Black Leaf 40” for 
orchard and garden pests. 
For large spraying oper- 
ations, “Black Leaf 40” is 
packed in larger containers. 
We should also welcome the 
opportunity to give 
you free informa- 
tion and advice on 
your special prob- 
lems connected with 
insect pests and 
their control, for 
which particular 
purpose we main- 
tain a Garden Ser- 
vice Department, 
composed of highly 
trained men of wide 
experience. For 
Bulletins, informa- 
tion and assistance 
in solving your 
problems, address 
this Department. 
Write us direct, en- 
closing price, and we 
will send it to you 
to any railroad point 
in the United States by 
express prepaid. Addition- 
al supplies of “Black Leaf 
40” can be obtained from 
dealers at 25c a bottle, 
containing one ounce by 
weight of the concen- 
trated solution, suf- 
ficient to make six 
gallons of spray. 
General Information 
For aphids, thrips and leaf-hoppers on 
plants in the flower garden or vegetable 
garden, or on shrubbery, vines or 
other ornamentals spray with 
“Black Leaf 40.” 
It leaves no odor, does not 
stain or injure flowers, fruit 
or foliage, and will not 
mar the painted surfaces 
of buildings or other 
structures near 
plants that must 
be sprayed. 
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Thorough application of ‘‘Black Leaf 40’’ means control of in the garden, and with disinfectants about the barn, 
these insidious little insects that weaken and destroy your 
plants. To make thorough application convenient and 
easy, and to provide you with an unusually substantial 
tool, we have designed the small sprayer, asillustrated. It 
will enable you to do effective work, not only in the applica- 
tion of ‘Black Leaf 40,’”’ in which we are especially inter- 
ested, but also with Arsenate of Lead, Lime-Sulphur, 
Bordeaux mixture, and other insecticides and fungicides 
poultry buildings, and other structures. 
This sprayer has several distinct advantages. The res- 
ervoir is a standard fruit or preserve jar; the large opening 
of the reservoir makes it unnecessary to use a funnel for 
filling, and with the long spray pipe it is easy to spray 
the under-sides of leaves and the inner parts of bushes 
and plants where the insects are often active and pro- 
tected against the usual sprayer. 
THE KENTUCKY TOBACCO PRODUCT COMPANY, Inc. 
LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY 
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